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Thanks for that Darren. Most of my earlier models that are still around are being kept at my parents, in Belgium. I lack the space for having them around here, in my house in the UK. When I visit, I like to open up those old boxes and look at my early attempts at modelling. Quite funny really. I recently purchased a display cabinet too, and I have to say it is one of the best purchase I've ver made in my life. Before that I had to store everything in little boxes and would only see my models when I selected them for shows. Now, I have this constant display, and as you say, it is great to talk about the models with people visiting. I change the models every so often in the display. Takes about 1/2 day to do it but it's a great pleasure of mine!

That's a great question. It's something that I have never thought of before. The first thing that occured to me as I began to think back was how many models I built as a kid. As a young teenager I would build a model about every two weeks. I got started at the age of nine and don't have any models from my first six years of modeling. My collection starts at the age of fifteen and I have saved every model from then on. I have 53 models in my display case at this time. Many of them used to hang from my ceiling as a kid. Seven or eight years ago I had a friend build the display case for me. I plan to save every model that I build. It's a great conversation piece when My wife and I have company. People like to look at them and ask questions. I love talking about them as well.

Darren